Vocabulary 14
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alacrity | syn: promptness, willingness, dispatch, celerity a cheerful ereadiness; brisk and eager action |
| alleviate | syn:lessen, lighten, allay, mitigate, assuage to relieve, make more bearable |
| antithesis | syn:contrary, antipode the direct opposite, a sharp contrast |
| appall | syn: shock, stun, stupefy, horrify to fill with dismay or horror |
| bellicose | syn: aggressive, combative, belligerent warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome |
| disparage | syn: degrade, decry, run down, underrate to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue |
| dissonant | syn: grating, strident, unmelodious, irreconcilable not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds |
| droll | syn: comical, humorous, whimsical, zany amusingly odd |
| edict | syn: command, decree, proclamation an order issued by someone in authority |
| elucidate | syn: interpret, expound, explicate to clarify, explain |
| laud | syn: hail, extol, glorify, exalt to praise |
| loll | syn: loaf, loiter, sag, dangle to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop |
| loquacious | syn: gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long-winded talkative, wordy; fond of talking |
| magnanimous | syn: unselfish, charitable, noble, bighearted generous in forgiving, above small meanness |
| mandatory | syn: compulsory, requisite, imperative required,obligatory |
| nondescript | syn: plain, unremarkable, unimpressive ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified |
| phlegmatic | syn: lethargic, indolent, torpid, stolid, impassive slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional |
| rescind | syn: withdraw, revoke, retract, annul, abrogate to repeal, cancel |
| vivacious | syn: spirited, animated, ebullient lively, sprightly, full of energy |
| whet | syn: hone, excite, stimulate to sharpen, put an edge on ; to make keen or eager |
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